Keri Lunsford, MD, PhD, FACS – Center for Immunity & Inflammation; Department of Surgery

Keri E. Lunsford MD, PhD, FACS is the Director of Translational and Surgical Science for the Department of Surgery, a liver transplant and hepatobiliary surgeon on faculty at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and a member of the Center for Immunity and Inflammation. Dr. Lunsford received MD and PhD degrees from The Ohio State University, and she completed general surgery residency at Duke University followed by fellowship in abdominal transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery at UCLA. Her clinical interests include liver transplant oncology, simultaneous liver kidney transplantation, and liver transplant futility. She has an active translational transplant immunology research lab currently funded by the NIH NIDDK and NCI, the ASTS, and the NJHF. Her translational research focuses on the mechanism and impact of pre-transplant immune dysfunction in liver transplant recipient outcomes. She serves on several national and international committees and is well-published in the field of transplant surgery and transplant immunology.

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